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UNITED STATES ELHANAN L. MOODIE,

PATENT OFFICE..

OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-LABEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,146, dated June 21,1887.

Application filed June -1, 1586. Serial No. 204,1'12. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that l, ELIIANAN L. MOODIE, a citizen of the United States,residingin the city and county ofNcw York, in the State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Labels for Bottlesand other Receptacles, of which the following` is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a label which, whilepreserving the form of a band, will have an enlarged surface foradvertising-matter and be adapted to receive and retain extraneousmatter-such as advertising circulars or cards, orsamples ofgoodscontained in the bottle.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings is a front elevation of a bottleprovided with this improved folding label represented as closed andsealed. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a bottle provided with thisimproved folding label represented as nnsealed and open. Fig. 3 is atransverse section of the bottle and label, on the line a: .r of Fig. l.

This improvedlabel consists of an elongated band, A, comprising acentral section or body, A', and folding wings or flaps B B', integralwith the body. The body A is provided with an adhesive coating on itsrear face for seenr ing the label to the bottle. The flaps B B areunited with the body A at the vertical sides of the latter and foldedagainst said body,eov ering the face thereof. The free ends of theseflaps meet or overlap at the center of the body ofthe label, and areprovided with a fastening device, which permits the fastening` andsealing ofthe label in closed position. This fastening device Inayconsist of a tape, a, secured at one end to the flap B in any suitablemanner, and passed through slits b therein, and afterward sealed to theopposite flap, B', when the label is in a closed position.

The space on the inner or meeting faces of the folded label may be usedfor advertising pu1poscs,while the exterior faces of the folded flapsmay contain the matter usually imprinted on a label, including thetrade-mark. lf desired, extraneous matter in the form of cards orcirculars or samples of the contents of the package may be placed in thefolded label,and when the ilaps are drawn together and scaled suchextraneous matter will be held or bound within the label.

I claim as my invention# 1. Abottlelabel consisting of a rectangularband comprising a central section or body and end sections or tlapsfolded upon said body, said body being provided on its rear face with anadhesive coating for attachment to a bottle and the meeting ends of saidfolding flaps being provided with a fastening device, sub stantially asdescribed.

2. A bottle-label consisting of a rectangular band colnprising a centralsection or body and end sections or flaps folded upon said bogdy, saidbody being provided on its rear face with an adhesive coating forattachment to a bottle, and one of said flaps having a transverse slotand being provided with a tape or ribbon attached at one end thereto andpassed through said slot, the opposite end being designed for sealing tothe outer face of the other flap, substantially as described.

ELI-IANAN L..MOODE. lVitnesses:

J nssE A. BALDWIN, FRANK B. Pniisn.

